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Nomination of Francine McKenna for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Francine McKenna is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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2019 US Banknote Contest
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First Things First (2019 book) moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, First Things First (2019 book), does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of " " before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Praxidicae (talk) 00:08, 27 February 2020 (UTC)


 * I'm going to respectfully disagree with the decision to draft the article. First, it was a book written by a scholar already deemed worthy of a Wikipedia page. Second, the article had no claims beyond the books existence and basic subject. Third, it did cite the Goodreads page, the Publisher's website, and it's ISBN (which links to Open Library and Google Books). That being said, I understand I'm no position to challenge a decision already made without requesting any input, so I have added a few external links and submitted it for review.  Mailman9  (talk) 00:23, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: First Things First (2019 book) (February 27)
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Sulfurboy (talk) 02:06, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:First Things First 2019 Cover.jpg
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Nomination of Michael Reksulak for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Michael Reksulak is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Draft:First Things First (2019 book) concern
Hi there, I'm MDanielsBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:First Things First (2019 book), a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

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Your draft article, Draft:First Things First (2019 book)


Hello, Mailman9. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "First Things First".

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! JMHamo (talk) 20:36, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for March 2
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WikiProject Colonialism
Hello! I am looking into reviving WikiProject Colonialism and am wondering if you still have any interest in participating. I honestly am not very familiar with the administrative side of Wikipedia or in the details of WikiProjects (and all the templates and policies that go along with them...) but I would like to help improve articles related to colonialism, empire, and decolonization on Wikipedia. Behemothing (talk) 18:18, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Phs baseball.jpg
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Minor thing
The day you made this edit, there was a massive spike in viewership  on that article. I'm curious why, and thought you may a clue. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:54, 5 June 2023 (UTC)


 * It got traffic from a Reddit post:  Mailman9  (talk)  18:44, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Looks plausible. Thanks! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:49, 5 June 2023 (UTC)